William Finn, who volunteered to serve as a military chaplain during the First World War, is believed to be the first Catholic chaplain killed in the war, when he fell in action during the Gallipoli landings of April 1915. Read More
Action by Christians Against Torture (UK) is a registered ecumenical charity which runs an annual Christmas Card Campaign in support of prisoners, persecuted Christians, human rights groups under threat, prisoners on death row, etc. Read More
A site map has been added to the Middlesbrough Diocesan web site.
It lists items as either pages (permanent information such as contact details) or posts (items such as news).
The link to the site map can be found at the top of the Directory section on the side bar or by clicking here.
The wet summer failed to spoil the retreat that the Middlesbrough Team* enjoyed at Hornsea recently. Read More
Despite my elder sisters and brother being involved in The Newman Trust since the mid-nineties, it was actually a friend, Paul McLean, who persuaded me to go on my first Queen Mary’s Newman Trust holiday in 2005. Read More
The photo below is of the concecration of St. Bedes c1952. My Dad, John Andrews (RIP 2003) is holding the candle on the left. Read More
A new web resource
to equip children as confident evangelisers
The creators of a pioneering evangelistic website for children have high hopes that it will help support and form a new generation of confident, grass roots, faith-filled evangelisers. Read More
I thought you might care to see my transformation of the Hornby country church into a fictional Our Lady and St Hilda, Teesdale for my railway layout. After all, is there any reason why every model church has to be an Anglican one! Read More
I have been a reader at Mass for many, many years. However, I have always been a sceptic as far as being commissioned is concerned; after all, one can either read in public or one can’t! However, I was persuaded to attend the Diocese’s Formation and Commissioning Day at Askham Bryan College, York in May this year. Wow! How wrong had I been! Not only did I feel that there was much I learned on the day, but it was also a thoroughly interesting and enjoyable experience (probably just topped later that month by watching Hull City at Wembley gaining promotion to the Premier League!). Read More
